Motivating Undergraduate Students in the Faculty of Logistics to Learn English
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Dec 27, 2017
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Motivation Logistics Learning English
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This study investigated the English language motivation factors that influence students to study English for their future career success. In the study, 230 students who studied English for logistics were the respondents and a total of 200 questionnaires were used for data analysis. The data were analyzed by Exploratory Factor Analysis to classify groups of motivation factors, and multiple linear regression was used to solve the hypothesis. The study revealed that there are nine motivational factors: factor 1, interested in English; factor 2, opportunity seeking; factor 3, interaction with friends/socialization; factor 4, dislike English; factor 5, better career and working abroad; factor 6, prestige; factor 7, opportunity to learn a foreign culture; factor 8, feeling respect for native speakers, and factor 9, motivated by English teachers. However, there are only 5 factors that influenced the willingness of participants to learn English for their career success, which are: interested in English; opportunity seeking motivation; interaction with friends/socialization; prestige; and motivated by English teachers. The findings of this study may have important implications for English education and language training programs.
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Cruz-Ferreira, M. & Abraham, S. A. (2006) The Language of Language: Core Concepts in Linguistic Analysis. Singapore: Prentice Hall.
Dornyei, Z. (2003) Attitudes, orientations, and motivations in languagelearning: Advances in theory, research, and applications. Language Learning, 53, 3-32.
Dornyei, Z. (2005) The Psychology of Language Learner: Individual Differences in second language acquisition. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Fallah, N. (2014) Willingness to communicate in English, communication self-confidence, motivation, shyness and teacher immediacy among Iranian English-major undergraduates: a structural equation modellingapproach. Learning and Individual Differences, 30, 140-147.
Gardner, R. C. (1985) Social Psychology and Second Language Learning: the Roles of Attitudes and Motivation. London: Edward Arnold.
Gardner, R. C. (2004) Attitude/motivation test battery: International AMTB Research Project. Retrieved on November 10, 2015, from www.publish.uwo.ca/~gardner/docs/englishamtb.pdf
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Jain, Y. & Sidhu, G. K. (2013) Relationship between anxiety, attitude and motivation of tertiary students in learning English as a Second Language. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 90, 114-123.
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Namwong, O. (2012) The study of the undergraduates’ English learning strategies. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 69, 1757-1765.
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Youssef, A. M. S. (2012) Role of motivation and attitude in introduction and learning of English as a foreign language in Libyan high schools. International of Linguistic 4(2), 366-375.
Yu, Y. (2010) Attitudes of Learners toward English: a case of Chinese College Students. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University.Retrieved on January 3, 2016, from https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap/10?0:NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:osu1283303545
Zhou, H. (2012) Enhancing non-English majors’ EFL motivation through cooperative learning. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 12, 1317-1323.